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Title: Cooking Up an Italian Life : Simple Pleasures of Italy in Recipes and Stories by Sharon Sanders, Linda Holt Ayriss, Carol A. Berman ISBN: 0-9702981-3-7 Publisher: PergolaWest Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.9 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The only Italian cookbook you'll ever need!
Comment: Reading this wonderful book is like taking a trip to Italy with your best friend -- if she happens to be a sensational tour guide and an excellent cook. Here are the recipes that ARE Italy -- clearly explained so that even beginners can whip up delicious, authentic Italian fare. It's now the only Italian cookbook I use -- I have one in my New Jersey kitchen and in my kitchen in Rome. You'll love the author's warm, authoritative voice and her delectable tidbits gleaned from her travels throughout Italy. Take it from me, a cookbook collector, Italian food devotee and frequent Italian traveller --if you only buy one cookbook (Italian or otherwise), make it this one.
Rating: 5
Summary: Cooking Up an Italian Life
Comment: Though I've never physically been to Italy, I feel I travel there every time I crack this book open. The author has a way with words that transports the readers all the way across the ocean. I feel like I'm right beside her as she visits the markets and returns home to cook up the simplistic, but delicious Italian fare.
The recipes are easy to follow and the ingredients are straightforward. Many of the recipes are traditional classics. I tried the Bolognese-Style Meat Sauce recipe and fell in love with Italian cuisine all over again. One of the easiest, yet most flavorful recipes I've tried so far is a refreshing Bread Salad with Tomato, Cucumber, Onion and Basil, flavored with a touch of red wine vinegar. I could eat that salad every day!
My most treasured cookbooks are those that allow me to read for pleasure and cook from to enjoy. This is a wonderful book to curl up with a glass of wine and just indulge in the stories and history the author lovingly shares. It's also a great book to take into the kitchen and whip up some authentic, simple Italian cuisine. I'm so glad I found it!
Rating: 4
Summary: A Great Resource For Anyone Interested In Italian Cuisine
Comment: I can certainly relate to Sharon Sander's feelings about Italian cuisine since we both are Italian by heart only yet share a passion for Italian food. As well as a large number of recipes, both traditional Italian as well as many with an Italian American feel to them, Sharon also shares herself in a number of amusing food related stories interspersed throughout the chapters. The book is divided into nine basic recipe categories including the usual chapters for soup, pasta, and vegetables etc., but she also includes a recipe chapter titled Capturing Summer Flavors for All Meals which includes many recipes to preserve summer's bounty to use these ingredients year round. The soup chapter is titled "Soup and Egg Meals" to include dishes that would make perfect lighter meals and as well as some basic soup recipes you will find such recipes as Eggs and Asparagus with Parmesan Cheese, Frittata with Peas and Scallions, and Caramelized Onion Frittata.
I found it interesting that the appetizer section was grouped with desserts and called "Appetizers and Desserts for Special Meals", but thinking about it this makes a great deal of sense. Both appetizers and desserts are rarely served on a daily basis in an Italian home, and are instead brought out for special occasions and holidays. This chapter includes such intriguing recipes as Sea Bass, Red Onion, Raisin, and Pine Nut Salad; Parmesan Soufflé with Saffron Red Pepper Compote, and Watermelon Wine Granita. I did try one recipe from this chapter, Three Melon Salad with Prosciutto, and found it a nice variation on the simple melon and prosciutto combination.
As well as the many recipes, and brief personal stories, at the back of the book one can find some useful reference tools including a fairly in-depth glossary of ingredients, list for setting up a basic pantry, high altitude cooking tips, and important international conversion information.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and found it both fun to read as well as being a book that will be an asset to my Italian cuisine cookbook collection. This is a book that both novice cooks as well as experienced ones will enjoy and find useful, and the ingredients listed in recipes throughout the book are readily available to everyone which is always an important consideration in any cookbook.
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Title: 30-Minute Meals 2 by Rachael Ray ISBN: 1891105108 Publisher: Lake Isle Pr Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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